The War for American Independence: A Reference Guide: Guides to Historic Events in America
Autor Mark Edward Lenderen Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 aug 2016 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781610698337
ISBN-10: 1610698339
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 7 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Seria Guides to Historic Events in America
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1610698339
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 7 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția ABC-CLIO
Seria Guides to Historic Events in America
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Documents how and why the Continental Army became a racially integrated army, something America would not see again until the Korean War
Notă biografică
Mark Edward Lender, PhD, is professor emeritus and former vice president for academic affairs at Kean University. He holds a doctorate in history from Rutgers University.
Cuprins
List of IllustrationsSeries ForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsChronologyPrologue: "In Arms and in Motion": The Origins of a WarChapter 1. Fortunes of War: Patriot High Tide and Imperial CounterattackChapter 2. New Realities, New Challenges: From Colonial Rebellion to World WarChapter 3. Imperial Reset: New Strategy, New ProblemsChapter 4. Patriot Nadir: War without End, 1780Chapter 5. The Wars within the War: Stark Challenges, Dark RealitiesChapter 6. Fortunes of War: The Southern CampaignsChapter 7. Yorktown and BeyondEpilogue: A War in RetrospectAnalytical EssaysDefining Moments: The Battle of Trenton Reconsidered: Did a Raid Really Save the Revolution?Perspectives Essay: "Do Not Quite Despair": Patriot Logistics and the Struggle for VictoryCounterfactual Essay: The "Indispensable Man": Would the Revolution Have Succeeded without George Washington?Biographical EssaysBenedict Arnold (1741-1801)John Barry (1745-1803)Joseph Brant or Thayendanegea (1743-1807)Dragging Canoe (ca. 1738-1792)Johann Ewald (1744-1813)Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786)Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)William Livingston (1723-1790)Flora MacDonald (1722-1790)Joseph Plumb Martin (1760-1850)Robert Morris (1734-1806)Frederick North, Lord North (1732-1792)Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807)Peter Salem (ca. 1750-1816)Deborah Samson (1760-1827)Han Yerry Tewahangarahken (ca. 1724-ca. 1794)Colonel Tye, or Titus Cornelius (ca. 1753-1780)Primary DocumentsSpeech of Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775, Richmond, VirginiaChief Dragging Canoe Warns against Land Treaties with the Americans, 1775Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775George III Closes Parliament with Observations on America, 1776General Washington Reports a Grim Military Situation, December 1776Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 1John McCarter Recalls the Death in Action of Two of His PupilsJohn Laurens Argues for the Emancipation and Enlistment of Black Troops, February 2, 1778Captain George Hanger on the Eve of Battle, June 27, 1778The Reverend Nicholas Collin Despairs as Civil War Rends His Congregation, 1778Two Songs, Two Sides"I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!" John Paul Jones Battles HMS SerapisThe Ladies of Trenton Raise Funds for the Continental Army, July 4, 1780Lieutenant Colonel Francis Barber Laments the State of the New Jersey Troops, February 28, 1781Nathanael Greene Decides to Take the War into South Carolina, 1781Thomas Jefferson Describes Cornwallis's Occupation of Elkhill Plantation, 1781Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe Learns He Must Surrender at YorktownEdward Gibbon Explains the British Loss of the American ColoniesJoseph Plumb Martin Recalls His Discharge from the Army, 1783George Washington Bids Farewell to the Continental Army, November 2, 1783Annotated BibliographyIndex